Dr Challoner's Grammar School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Amersham · HP6 5HA · Buckinghamshire
Ages 11–18
- Att877.5
- P81.2
- EM5+100%
- Absence5.5%
0.9 miles away
OpenSecondaryOfsted: Expected standardURN 137343
Amersham School
Academy converter · Amersham · HP7 9HH
Ages 11–18 · 1,050 pupils · Buckinghamshire
Ofsted
Expected standard
Attainment 8
50.3
Overall absence
8.7%
Admissions demand
1.23 · Competitive
Ofsted
Latest published inspection outcomes — not a ranking.
Headline
Expected standard
Inspection date
2025-12-02
- AchievementExpected standard
- Curriculum and teachingExpected standard
- InclusionExpected standard
- Attendance and behaviourExpected standard
- Personal development and wellbeingExpected standard
- Leadership and governanceExpected standard
Safeguarding standards: Met
Performance
Official school-level results. Figures are not rankings — suppressed values are omitted.
Key stage 4 (2023/24)
Progress 8+0.34
−20+2
Attainment 850.3
English & maths grade 5+53%
English & maths grade 4+73%
EBacc entry34%
EBacc APS: 4.1
Absence
Academic year 2023/24. Persistent absence means 10%+ of sessions missed. Lower figures are better.
Overall absence8.7%
Persistent absence (10%+)25.2%
Unauthorised1.8%
- Authorised absence
- 6.9%
- Severe absence (50%+)
- 3.3%
- Enrolments in measure
- 918
Absence trend
2021/22
2022/23
2023/24
- Overall
- Persistent (10%+)
Admissions demand
Coordinated admissions for secondary entry (2024/25 cycle, national offer day). Demand ratio compares families who listed this school 1st with total offers made — not a catchment or distance guarantee.
Demand ratio
1.23 · Competitive
1st preferences
185
Places offered
165
1st-preference offers
124
- Total preferences (any rank)
- 648
- Preferred offers (top 3)
- 165
- Applications from outside LA
- 13
- Offers to outside-LA applicants
- 0
- Admissions policy (GIAS)
- Non-selective
Source: DfE primary and secondary school applications and offers. Figures reflect offers on national offer day; late applications, appeals and waiting lists are not included.
Size & intake
From the GIAS school census (15 Jan 2026).
Capacity fill101%
1,050 pupils · 1,040 places
- Pupils on roll
- 1,050
- Boys / girls
- 553 / 497
- School capacity
- 1,040
- Capacity fill
- 1,050 / 1,040 (101%)
- Free school meals
- 14.6%
- FSM pupils
- 129
- Admissions policy
- Non-selective
- Gender
- Mixed
- School type
- Academy converter
Age range
Ages 11–18
05111619
Provision
Official GIAS characteristics
2 / 6
- Nursery
- Sixth formHas a sixth form
- Boarding
- Special school
- Independent
- Academy
School characteristics
- Special classes
- No Special Classes
- Governance
- Academy trust: AMERSHAM SCHOOL
- Academy trust
- AMERSHAM SCHOOL
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sharon Jarrett
Location
- Address
- Stanley Hill
- Postcode
- HP7 9HH
- Town
- Amersham
- County
- Buckinghamshire
- Local authority
- Buckinghamshire
- District
- Buckinghamshire
- Constituency
- Chesham and Amersham
- Urban/rural
- Urban: Nearer to a major town or city
Local context
How this school sits among open establishments in its area, using official GIAS records. These are counts, not rankings.
Mixed academy converter (secondary), Ages 11–18, in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, 1,050 pupils on roll. Notable characteristics: sixth form, academy, non-selective admissions. Free school meals: 14.6%.
Nearby secondary schools
Open schools within about 3 miles, prioritising the same phase where possible. Distances are approximate from GIAS coordinates.
Dr Challoner's High School
Ofsted: OutstandingAcademy converter · Secondary
Amersham · HP7 9QB · Buckinghamshire
Ages 11–18
- Att878.2
- P81.1
- EM5+99%
- Absence5.3%
1.0 miles away
Chesham Grammar School
Ofsted: Not judgedAcademy converter · Secondary
Chesham · HP5 1BA · Buckinghamshire
Ages 11–18
- Att876.7
- P80.8
- EM5+100%
- Absence5.2%
2.9 miles away
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Contact
- Headteacher
- Mrs Sharon Jarrett
- Telephone
- 01494726562